Choreographing Empire: Prophesy, Folk Dance, and the Politics of Christian Zionism

Name: Choreographing Empire: Prophesy, Folk Dance, and the Politics of Christian Zionism
Start: 2025-01-08T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-08T18:30:00-06:00
Location: Kresge Hall, 1515

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT

Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

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Artist Talk by Tali Keren

Moderators:
Evgeny Stolyarov (NU JVP)
Ruslana Lichtzier (PhD Candidate, Art History & MENA)

In this talk, Keren will discuss her latest film, Un-Charting (2023), that critically examines settler-colonial imaginaries projected onto Palestine while linking conservative American Evangelicalism, British imperialism, and Zionism. Through a layering of historical sources, contemporary documentary footage, animation and architectural rendering, Un-Charting presents the ideological, religious, and libidinal entanglements between empires in formation past and present. The work reveals how messianic myths travel across time and geography, fueling state-sanctioned violence and Palestinian erasure.